Combination-cane.



No. 741,373. Y y PATBNTED 00T. 13, 19031 LE ROY ROBERTsoN. COMBINATION GANE.

- APPLIOATION HLM) pso. 1s, 1902. No' MODEL.

HHIII'IILLQV@ Patented October 13, 15903.

LE ROY ROBERTSON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHN YULE AND L. W. FORSTING, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATIONnCANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,373, dated October 13, 1903.

Application iiled December I8, 1902. Seria] No. 135,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LE ROY ROBERTSON, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Combination-Canes; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. Y

My invention relates to a combination-cane and device for concealing and exposing a flag or other ornamental attachment, together with a means for producing a sound.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a. section through my invention. Fig. 2 shows the iiagpole connected with the end of the cane.

A is a cane, which may be made of any suitable shape, size, and material, and it is properly tapered, having a ferrule B Xed at the lower end. rlhe part A is made tubular. Its upper part is adapted to receive the tubular shank 2, which iits closely in it and may, if desired, have some suitable interlocking device to prevent accidental removal. Across the upper end of the part 2 is the handle portion 3, which may be of any desired shape. It is shown in the present case in the form of a small horn, which may contain a reed or other means for producing a sound, so that by placing one end to the lips and blowing through it a sound will be produced. The tubular portion 2 has an interior concentric tube 4, made shorter than 2, and 5 is a tube which is adapted to slip into the tube 2 and lits between the tubes 2 and/2, so that the tube 5 can be securely locked into position between these tubes. The tube 5 carries a stati or standard 6, upon which may be fixed a flag 7. Vhen not in use the flag is coiled about its staff, which makes it small enough so that it and the tube 5 can be insertedy into the tubular body A of the cane, and the part 2 also slips into the part A, iitting or interlocking snugly enough, so that the device becomes a suitable walking-cane.

this can be effected. lVhen in marching it is desired to .make a more spectacular appearance, the part 2 is withdrawn from the part A, withdrawing also the part This is then separated from its holding-socket inV 2, and its size being properly proportioned it can be slipped over the ferrule end of the cane, the flag being unrolled and exposed, and the handle portion of the cane again inserted into the part A, so that the device is complete. The flag is then carried by extending the cane upwardly, and the whole body of men are thus provided withV iiags or other ornamental devices, which may be substituted therefor. At the same time upon signal the whole body can sound the horns or other soundmaking or musical attachments in unison, and thus attract considerable attention. W'hen not in use, the parts can be again assembled and replaced, and the cane becomes an ornamental cane for ordinary use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A walking-cane including a tubular por- Vtion and a removable transversely-extending handle, said handle having projecting laterally from one side two concentric spaced tubes one of which fits the end of the tubular portion of the cane, and a supplemental tubular portion to t over the second of the aforesaid concentric tubes.

2. A cane including a tubular body; a tubular handle transverse thereto and having two concentric tubes projecting from one side and separated from4 each other, one of said tubes fitting the end of the tubular body; and a supplemental tubular portion normally contained within said body and whose diameter is such that it closely fits the second of the projecting tubes on the handle and is removable with said handle, and also iits the lower end of the tubular body to form an eX- tension thereof, and a staff or standard fitted LE ROY ROBERTSON.

Witnesses:

S. H. Nonnen, JEssrE C. Bnonina IOO 

